On this day in 1775,
Congress creates the Army Medical Corps. Dr. Benjamin Church is appointed the first Director General and Chief Physician (today's Surgeon General).
Church was later discovered as a British spy. Congress resolved to jail him in Connecticut until 1777. He was then permitted to leave the country never to be heard from again presumed lost in the West Indies.
More Colonial Battles
Congress creates the Army Medical Corps. Dr. Benjamin Church is appointed the first Director General and Chief Physician (today's Surgeon General).
Church was later discovered as a British spy. Congress resolved to jail him in Connecticut until 1777. He was then permitted to leave the country never to be heard from again presumed lost in the West Indies.
More Colonial Battles
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